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README FILE FOR PAPER: BUREAUCRATIC REPRESENTATION AND STATE RESPONSIVENESS: THE 1918 PANDEMIC IN INDIA

MARCH 17, 2021 - AUTHOR: GUO XU (UC BERKELEY) - EMAIL: GUO.XU@BERKELEY.EDU
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The replication package contains the following do-files to reproduce the tables and figures:

table1.do
table2.do
table3.do

figure1.do
figure2.do

The analysis was conducted with Stata 15

To execute the entire analysis, run start.do PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SET YOUR FOLDER (CD)

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Data\influenza_allocation_level.dta: This is the cross-sectional district-level dataset for 1918

did             float   %9.0g                 Unique district identifier
indian_dm       byte    %10.0g                Dummy for whether district officer is Indian or not in 1918
mean_indian_dm  double  %9.0g                 Fraction of years a district was headed by Indian officer 1910-1925
hq_lat          double  %10.0g                Latitude of district headquarter
hq_lon          double  %10.0g                Longitude of district headquarter
hq_elevation    float   %9.0g                 Elevation in meters of district headquarter
share_pop2040   float   %9.0g                 Share of district population aged 20-40 in 1911 census
share_hindu_d~t float   %9.0g                 Share of district population that is Hindu in 1911 census
share_muslim_~t float   %9.0g                 Share of district population that is Muslim in 1911 census
share_bombay1~t float   %9.0g                 Share of district population born in Bombay province in 1911 census
share_indist1~t float   %9.0g                 Share of district population born in the same district in 1911 census
share_urban11~t float   %9.0g                 Share of district population in urban areas in 1911 census
share_whites1~t float   %9.0g                 Share of white district population in 1911 census
share_indust~11 float   %9.0g                 Share of district population employed in industry in 1911 census
log_pop11_dis~t double  %9.0g                 Log total district population in 1911 census
dr_pre10        float   %9.0g                 Mean death rate between 1900-1909 (in 1,000)
log_area11_di~t float   %9.0g                 Log area of district in 1911 census
log_realinco~10 float   %9.0g                 Log real income in 1910 (Donaldson 2018)
town_n          double  %9.0g                 Number of towns in district (1911 census)
ww1_deaths_sh~e float   %9.0g                 Share of WW1 deaths (Vanden Eynde 2016)
rain_cum_dev    float   %9.0g                 Deviation in cumulative rainfall from normal May-Oct 1918
rain_cum_dev17  float   %9.0g                 Deviation in cumulative rainfall from normal May-Oct 1917
log_rain_cum_~l float   %9.0g  				  Log normal cumulative rainfall May-Oct 
sum_junction    double  %8.0g                 Number of railroad junction stations in district
mean_rr         float   %8.0g                 Share of towns with railroads
log_bombay_di~t float   %9.0g                 Log distance from district headquarter to Bombay city (in km)
log_dist_madras float   %9.0g                 Log distance from district headquarter to Madras city (in km)
log_dist_calc~a float   %9.0g                 Log distance from district headquarter to Calcutta city (in km)
closest_port    float   %9.0g                 Min(Log distance from district headquarter to Bombay, Madras, Calcutta)

Data\influenza_town_panel.dta:		 This is the mortality panel dataset at the town-level 1910-1925

cid             float   %9.0g                 Unique town identifier
did             float   %9.0g                 Unique district identifier
sid             long    %31.0g                Unique province identifier
year            float   %9.0g                 Year
log_deaths_town float   %9.0g                 Log total number of deaths in town
indian_dm1918   byte    %10.0g                Dummy for whether district officer is Indian or not in 1918
post            float   %9.0g                 Dummy that is 1 for 1918-19 and 0 otherwise
indian_dm1918~t float   %9.0g                 Interaction of Indian DO and pandemic dummy 
mean_indian_dm  double  %9.0g                 Fraction of years a district was headed by Indian officer 1910-1925


Data\influenza_border_town_panel.dta:This is the district border panel at the town-level 1910-1925

cid             float   %9.0g                 Unique town identifier
pair            float   %9.0g                 Unique identifier for cross-border town pair
pairs_did       float   %9.0g                 District x Pair identifier (for clustering)
year            float   %9.0g                 Year
log_deaths_town float   %9.0g                 Log total number of deaths in town
indian_dm1918   byte    %10.0g                Dummy for whether district officer is Indian or not in 1918
post            float   %9.0g                 Dummy that is 1 for 1918-19 and 0 otherwise
indian_dm1918~t float   %9.0g                 Interaction of Indian DO and pandemic dummy 
distance        double  %10.0g                Distance (in km) between town pair
sample1         float   %9.0g                 Dummy that is 1 for dropping town pairs closer than 5 km 
sample2         float   %9.0g          	      Dummy that is 1 for dropping town pairs closer than 10 km

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